Climate Change and Cultural Landscapes: A Guide to Research, Planning, and Stewardship
Melnick RZ, Kerr NP, Malinay V, Burry-Trice O. 2017. Climate Change and Cultural Landscapes: A Guide to Research, Planning, and Stewardship. Cultural Landscape Guidance Documents. Cultural Landscape Research Group, University of Oregon. Eugene, Oregon
Cultural landscapes, a combination of both human and natural systems, will be affected in many ways by climate change, and current impacts have the potential to be expanded or exacerbated in the future as air temperature rises. This guide is intended for managers of cultural landscapes to address current and projected climate change impacts at all levels, and it includes a decision framework that tiers off of the NPS Cultural Resources Climate Change Strategy. The framework is organized broadly around the NPS cultural resources model of research, planning, and stewardship. Each section of the guide includes an overview of the process, recommended tools and resources, and guiding considerations in addition to specific cultural landscape examples at eight NPS units in the northeastern and western continental United States and Hawaii.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Melnick, Robert; Kerr, Noah; Malinay, Veronica; Burry-Trice, Olivia
- Date of Issue
- 2017-07
- Publisher
- Cultural Landscape Research Group, University of Oregon
- Units
- CALO , DEVA , EUON , GATE , NCPT , NOCA , PUHE , REDW , SAGA , SHEN
- Keywords
- adaptability, climate, climate change, Climate Change Response Program, climate projection, cultural resource manager, decision model, framework, multidisciplinary, NCPTT, resilience, stewardship, stewardship science, temperature change, University of Oregon, vulnerability, vulnerability assessment, woolly aldelgid